noun:

• seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)

noun:

• unstitched, open side of some traditional Japanese clothing; clothing with such an open side - abbreviation ➜ 縫腋
• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 闕腋の袍

interjection:

• thank you; thanks - abbreviation ➜ どうも有難う

adverb:

• much (thanks); very (sorry); quite (regret)
• quite; really; mostly
• somehow
• in spite of oneself; try as one might; no matter how hard one may try (to, not to) ➜ どうしても

interjection:

• greetings; hello; goodbye

noun:

• baldness; bald head
• children's hairstyle of short untied hair; children with short untied hair ［かぶろ・かむろ］
• young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period) ［かぶろ・かむろ］ ➜ 太夫・天神
• idiot; moron - derogatory term - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• anchor (of a ship) ➜ 錨【いかり】
• last runner or swimmer in a relay team
• news anchor; news presenter - abbreviation ➜ アンカーマン
• anchor (clock component); pallet fork ➜ アンクル
• anchor (HTML) - IT term
• link to previous post (e.g. in web forums) - IT term ➜ レスアンカー

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to weaken; to grow weak; to wane; to decline (of one's health)
• to be downcast; to be dejected; to be dispirited
• to be troubled; to be at a loss; to be perplexed; to be annoyed

noun:

• determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech - esp. 口裏
• divining good or bad luck from listening to someone - esp. 口占 - archaism

godan ~つ verb:

• to show signs of
• to show one's feelings or emotions in one's facial expression or behavior
• to put on airs
• to be become animated with voices and noise

expression / ichidan verb:

• to alter one's state of consciousness; to change one's mindset; to change one's attitude

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be crushed; to be smashed; to be broken; to collapse
• to become useless; to cease functioning; to be wasted (e.g. time)
• to go bankrupt; to go out of business; to fail

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to filch; to snatch; to pinch; to swindle; to cheat (someone out of something); to rip off
• to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize
• to arrest; to nab; to round up
• to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be complete; to be all present; to make a full set; to be satisfied (of conditions)
• to be equal; to be uniform; to be even; to match; to agree
• to gather; to assemble; to be collected

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to collapse
• to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away; to lean back; to back away; to pull back

noun:

• East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age

noun:

• East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age - abbreviation ➜ 数え年【かぞえどし】

noun:

• commercial paper; CP ➜ コマーシャルペーパー
• communist party; CP ➜ 共産党
• cerebral palsy; cerebral paralysis; CP ➜ 脳性麻痺
• counterpurchase ➜ カウンターパーチェス
• cleaner production ➜ クリーナープロダクション
• compliance program ➜ コンプライアンスプログラム
• charge parity; C parity; CP - Physics term
• shipping; pairing of characters in a romantic relationship (in fan fiction, manga, etc.) ➜ カップリング

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to show signs of being; to feel; to think - on adj-stem to represent another's apparent emotion
• to behave as if one were; to pretend; to act as if
• to want; to desire; to be anxious to; to be eager to ➜ たがる

particle:

• while; during; as
• while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding ➜ 我ながら
• all; both ➜ 二つながら
• as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

noun:

• single horseman
• wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed - Mahjong term ➜ 単騎待ち【たんきまち】

noun:

• contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game - four character idiom

noun:

• contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game - four character idiom

noun:

• contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game - four character idiom

noun:

• waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds completed - Mahjong term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of
• to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle